The Ludlow Hotel loomed in downtown Monroe for 71 years.
The enormous, fortress-styled structure, located at the southeast corner of Ninth Street and 16th Avenue where the Stage building now stands, was Monroe's community life headquarters for many decades.
The hotel was built in 1884 by Arabut Ludlow, banker and leading business figure, at the behest of his friend, Norman Churchill.
It not only served the traveling public, but was the center for many banquets and other social events until it was razed in 1955 to make way for the current building, then a McLellan's and later a JCPenney store.
The enormous, fortress-styled structure, located at the southeast corner of Ninth Street and 16th Avenue where the Stage building now stands, was Monroe's community life headquarters for many decades.
The hotel was built in 1884 by Arabut Ludlow, banker and leading business figure, at the behest of his friend, Norman Churchill.
It not only served the traveling public, but was the center for many banquets and other social events until it was razed in 1955 to make way for the current building, then a McLellan's and later a JCPenney store.